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A Glass-Sphere Microscopeupdated on the 30th of December 2010
In this article I deal with the construction of a simple microscope which uses a little
glass sphere as a lens. This instrument has a magnifying power of up to 300 times and
produces very sharp images.

A Stereoscopic MicroscopeA stereoscopic microscope is a very important tool for the naturalist. It allows the naturalist to
see insects, flowers, and minerals in 3-D. With this project you will be able to make a high quality
stereoscopic microscope with your own hands and little expenditure.

Blood CellsWhat is flowing in our veins? With the help of a microscope and some simple staining
treatments, it is possible to observe blood cells and to learn to recognize them. This
text describes the role of these cells in our bodies.

A One-Dollar
Compound Microscopeupdated on August
2011One most certainly cannot say that building this microscope is too expensive.
And the good thing about this project is that itís not even that difficult.
This article discusses an authentic compound microscope, a tool that will allow
you to carry out interesting observations of nature. This project also allows
you the possibility of improving upon the initial microscope, equipping it with
a focusing system and high quality optics and experimenting with new solutions.
If you enjoy building scientific instruments, this project is for you!

Let's
Build a Stereo-Zoom MicroscopeA stereo-zoom microscope is an instrument equipped with continual variation of
magnification. Have you ever viewed such a thing? With this microscope, you will
be able to zoom into a flower, exactly like bees do when looking for nectar.
Would you have ever imagined that it would be possible to build this type of
instrument with your own hands? No? And yet, here is the project in full!
The article discusses a stereoscopic microscope which uses a simple camera zoom
lens for its objective.

High-Magnification StereoscopyDo you have a microscope? Have you never managed to experience the 3-D vision one enjoys
with a stereoscopic microscope? Having 3-D vision while observing protists allows you to
follow their movement even in terms of depth. Not only that, but you will be able to
examine and appreciate the volume and arrangement of their internal organs. Moreover,
you will be able to keep these microscopic living creatures in focus while they change
altitudes. All in all, passing from two to three dimensions is like allowing a comic-strip
character to become flesh and blood and having him/her walk on the newspaper: itís a
huge leap in quality! Something analogous to this scenario is exactly what we can
accomplish with our microscope. Up until now, our microscopes have shown us microorganisms
living in a flat world. From now on, it is possible to see that world in three exciting
dimensions. All this can be obtained with some simple modifications to your microscope.

Protist ParkIn this section, we discuss Protists, microorganisms which live in well and pond water.
ďProtist ParkĒ discusses these living creatures which, though unknown to most people,
are a continuous source of wonder to those who do observe them for their variety of forms
and their habits. Here you will find an Introduction to Protists, a Display of
These Bizarre Creatures, and an Account of the Trip taken to the Kingdom of
Protists by a group of courageous tourists. Along with them, you will be able to
observe numerous authentic images and films of the aliens which inhabit this parallel
dimension.

Shots from
a MicroscopeSeen through a microscope, nature reveals enchanting and spectacular scenes. Often, what we
have observed is so incredible that we canít even begin to explain it to other people.
The desire instantly arises to preserve these observations by means of pictures or movies
and to share the marvels encountered during our explorations under the microscope. However,
shooting pictures through a microscope is not at all simple. A considerable amount of basic
knowledge is needed. This article is designed to be an introduction to shooting still
pictures and film through a microscope, giving particular attention to digital imaging
techniques.

DustThe dust you collect on a duster or rag while cleaning your house can be quite foul at first glance.
To the contrary, observed under a microscope, dust reveals itself it to be anything but vile,
composed of interesting fragments to be identified.

MicroworldsHow is it possible for life to sustain itself for years inside a small glass bottle?
Collect a little pond water, fill half a glass bottle with it, and seal the bottle.
After months or years, in that little bit of water you will see green clots, which
indicate photosynthetic activity. It would be interesting to examine what life forms
are present in this microworld under a microscope and to try to understand their
relationships.

A Simple Stereoscopic MicroscopeThis project will allow you to construct an excellent stereoscopic
microscope. In comparison to the stereoscopic microscopes already
presented in this gallery, this model is much easier to construct
because it is no longer necessary to build the prism box. This
instrument is very useful for all those who love nature and also for
students. It will open up a new world to you to explore.

A Simple Stereoscopic
MicroscopeRedesigned!
This experiment is very similar to the previous one on optics. The
principal difference is that the main body of this microscope is even
simpler to build. Many are surprised by the quality of the images
produced by this instrument.

A High Eye Relief Eyepiece
Have you some vignetting problems in your shoting through the
microscope? This optical device is made for you!

Mitosis in the Root Tips of Garlic and Onion If you have a microscope, with a few simple steps, you
will be able to observe the chromosomes of garlic or
onion cells during their duplication. This is a useful experiment to
understand how complex and fascinating the world of biology is.

Robert Hooke's Microscope
By providing a glass-sphere microscope with an eyepiece,
it is possible to gain many advantages such as the ability to observe
the images more comfortably. Is it true that the
van Leeuwenhoek's microscope were clearer than the Hooke's microscope?
This claim has circulated for centuries, but is it true? In this
article I propose a comparison between these two instruments. For
those who are interested, the article will also contain the
information necessary to construct a Hooke's microscope equipped with
the principal modern devices.

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's
MicroscopeLet's build a
replica of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscope, one of the first
microscopes ever built, which is equipped with a very small lens as
the
objective, and yet this simple instrument heralded the birth of modern
microbiology.